YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka

Site: Midland - King St

Service: Ontario Employment Services

Record #: MID1254
Last Modified: 28 Feb 2024
Last Full Update: 08 Mar 2023

Description

Description (Service)

Comprehensive employment and job search services

  • assessment of skills, interests and experience
  • job search strategies, including resume preparation
  • information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
  • on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment as well as information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

  • skills training and financial support for laid-off workers

Services for employers

  • help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
  • support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

  • financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
  • available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

  • paid pre-employment services
  • job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
  • mentorship, education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

  • summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Skills Development Fund

  • Advanced ESL for Newcomers

Service Details

Hours Mon-Fri 10 am-4 pm
Areas Served Midland
Eligibility Self-service information and resources
  • anyone, including people with jobs, those who are under-employed, people looking for work, students, apprentices, internationally trained individuals, employers


Assisted Services (such as supported job search, job matching and placement, job retention services)
  • people who are unemployed and out of school


Youth Job Connection
  • Ontario residents 15-29 years who are eligible to work in Canada, unemployed, not attending school full time and experiencing multiple barriers to employment


Youth Job Connection Summer
  • Ontario high school students 15-18 years intending to stay in, or return to high school or go on to postsecondary education after the job placement
  • focus on those facing challenging life circumstances and at risk of experiencing poor transitions between education and work


Application
  • Call or drop in
  • for general information on Employment Ontario services call the toll-free Employment Ontario contact centre at 1-800-387-5656 (TTY 1-866-533-6339) or visit www.ontario.ca/page/employment-ontario
Languages English; French - Reception, Programs, Publications
Fees None

Address and Location

Located In Community Midland
Address & Map
334 King St
Unit 1
Midland, ON
Canada L4R 3M8
 
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Intersection King St and Elizabeth St
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Contact Information

Office Phone 705-528-0845
Fax 705-528-0846
E-Mail midlanderc@sm.ymca.ca
Website ymcaofsimcoemuskoka.ca/employment-services
Primary Contact Marina Wahl, Team Leader
Alternate Contact Jennifer McInnis, Employment Specialist
Mailing Address 334 King St 
Unit 1 
Midland, ON 
Canada L4R 3M8

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